A 6.9 quake hit mainland Japan, (glad I don't live on the mainland!) and generated a 6" tsunami...
How do they know it's not just a bigger wave... only 6 inches bigger?
2007-03-25 07:13:58 · 5 answers · asked by THATgirl 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
YEP! 6 INCHES!
2007-03-25 15:06:14 · update #1
Oh gosh... LOL - I didn't even think of that. Get your minds outta the gutter! Haha!
2007-03-25 15:08:45 · update #2
Waves don't travel as fast. They measure speed as well as height.
6 inches is pretty small though. Are you sure it wasn't 6 feet?
2007-03-25 07:25:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read that.
A tiny ruler I guess?
They must have check areas where people watch for any surge and somehow they measure that- I would think it would make sense to round to the nearest foot
2007-03-25 11:58:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than laying on their backs at the ocean edge and getting.......oh never mind
By buoys.
2007-03-25 07:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by joe s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know maybe but puting something in the water duhh
2007-03-25 07:18:14 · answer #4 · answered by lakitty911 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh my GAWD, the jokes are running around in circles in my head, stop it, PLEASE stop it!!! lol, seriously, i have NO idea, but OH, MAN, the jokes i could come up with!!!
2007-03-25 07:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by Berkly M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋